Great Enchiladas, Forget About the Wine
Downtown · Sioux Falls · Mexican, Enchilada-Focused · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed June 20, 2026
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The wine list at Mama's Ladas is about as ambitious as a paper menu with three items on it. You get a house red, a house white, and sangria — and that's the whole conversation. This is a place that has decided wine is an afterthought, and they're not hiding it.
There's no list to deep dive into, really. The wine program is a handful of unnamed commodity options — almost certainly poured from bulk California jugs or restaurant-industry house labels — with zero regional character and even less curiosity. No producer names, no varietals listed, no story to tell. If you're hoping for something that might complement the chile sauce on your enchiladas, you're on your own.
Three to five pours by the glass at $6–$8 each, which is genuinely inexpensive and probably the nicest thing we can say here. The sangria is likely the most interesting thing in the lineup by default, though 'interesting' is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Rotation is essentially nonexistent — what's on is what's on.
House Red — $6
At $6 a glass, at least no one's getting ripped off. It's the cheapest route into a decent-enough pour to wash down a plate of beef enchiladas without flinching at the bill.
Sangria
In a wine program this sparse, the sangria is ironically the most intentional thing on the list — it's built for the food, it's cold, and it doesn't pretend to be something it's not. Lean into it.
House White
If the house red is a shrug, the house white is a shrug with less to say. Unnamed, unidentified, and almost certainly a neutral commodity pour that'll taste like nothing next to anything spicy.
Sangria + Chicken Enchiladas
The sweetness and fruit of the sangria does what a proper Grenache or Tempranillo would do if this list had one — it cuts the richness of the cheese and softens any heat from the sauce. It's the right call in a list with no right calls.
❌ The Bottom Line
Mama's Ladas is a great little spot for enchiladas — the wine list just isn't why you're here, and it doesn't try to be. Order the sangria, enjoy your meal, and save the serious wine for somewhere else.
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